Works
Vocal
Four Picture Books: Book 1 & 2 (2013 & 2017-) 10’
Book 1: 1. Singing/Rain
2. Where Go the Boats?
3. The Hayloft
4. Picture-Books in Winter
Book 2: 1. Windy Nights
soprano and guitar, poetry by Carl Sandburg
commissioned by Nicolas Deuson
premiered Oct. 2013, Paso Robles, CA & Atlanta, GA; Nov. 2013 & Feb. 2017, Portland, OR
The Witch of the Iron Wood (in progress)
chamber opera for 5 voices and piano, libretto by playwright Claire WilletT
workshop in-progress production premiered January 2012; Portland, OR
Fogs and Fires (2012) 10’
1. Pearl Fog
2. Monotone
3. Follies
4. I Sang
5. Monotone
For mezzo-soprano and piano, poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson
commissioned by Elizabeth Kerstein
premiered August 2012, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Sept. 2012, Baltimore, MD
Late Summer Angles (2008) 10’
For soprano and piano
premiered April 2008; New York, NY
Gloria (2006) 5’
SATB choir with brass quintet; poetry by Denise Levertov, and traditional texts
Ode (2005) 5’
FOR soprano and piano
premiered May, 2005; New York, NY
5 Blackbirds (2001) 6’
1. Gently
2. Energetic
3. Circular
4. Ominous
5. Hushed
for mezzo-soprano and piano, poetry by Wallace Stevens
premiered May, 2001; Walla Walla, WA
Large Ensemble
Alecto (2008) 8.5’
orchestra (2222, 4331, timp, perc., harp, str.)
premiere May, 2008; New York, NY
Mannes Orchestra, Michael Adelson, cond.
part of the 2008 New Music Festival
Downward to darkness, on extended wings (2006-7) 12’
For pierrot ensemble
winner, 2006 CIRCE commissioning award
premiered March, 2007; New York, NY
Meditation (2005) 5’
for string octet
Keyboard
Labyrinths (in progress)
solo piano
Halloween Waltz (2011) 5’
piano solo for beginning students
Primary Rhythms: 5 Dances for Solo Piano (2007-8) 14’
1. Mazurka
2. Rag
3. Tango
4. Pavane
5. Circus Polka
solo piano
premiered April, 2008; New York, NY
Chamber Music
a green evening, clear and warm (2008) 2’
flute, violin, and cello
premiered August 2008; Hood River, Oregon
Westward always, into the sun (2007-8) 20’
1. burnt cliffs and lonely sky
2. thinking river thoughts
3. bright light and wind
violin, viola, cello, & piano;
winner, Jean Schneider Goberman/Alaria Competition
premiered April, 2008; New York, NY
String Quartet I (2003, rev. 2004) 6’
premiered July, 2003; Pebble Beach, CA
Fantasia for Clarinet & Piano (2002) 8’
b-flat clarinet and piano
premiered May, 2003; Walla Walla, WA
Lament (2002) 5’
solo euphonium
premiered May, 2002; Walla Walla, WA
Dance Suite (2001-2) 12’
1. Fanfare
2. Country Dance
3. Waltz Song
4. Tarantella
brass quintet
premiered May, 2003; Walla Walla, WA
Film & Theatre Music
Music for Peter/Wendy (2019)
Composer and sound designer Evan Lewis’s fluent electronic score uses harp-like sounds and bass to signal changes in tone, mood, and even worlds. His percussive effects invigorate the loveliest scene, a dance/fight sequence that winds up in a music-box roundelay. -Oregon ArtsWatch
electronic music
for The Bag & Baggage production of Peter Bloom’s play
premiered Spring, 2019; Hillsboro, or
Score to the film Imperfections (2009) 10’
Director, Rosa Navarette
Music for A Dream Play (2007)
electronic music
for The Dalliance Theater’s production of Strindberg’s play
premiered Summer, 2007; New York, NY
Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2006)
percussion and voice
Incidental music for a production by The New England Shakespeare Festival
Also used by Original Practice Shakespeare/Portland, Oregon
premiered Summer, 2006; Deerfield, NH
Down in the Deep (2003) 6’